The Flex Podcast with Anna Martin Fitness

Add Before You Subtract: Another way to look at your nutrition

September 14, 2026·13 min
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When we decide it's time to sort our nutrition out, what's the first thing we usually think about?What do I need to STOP eating?Less chocolate. Less booze. Less cheese. Fewer snacks. No more of whatever we've decided we've been “bad” with lately.But what if, before we start taking things away, we looked at what might be missing instead?In this episode, I'm talking about a different way to approach improving your diet: add before you subtract.Maybe you need more protein. More fibre. More vegetables. More water. More plant foods. Or maybe, like me and my former ability to grate approximately half a block of cheese onto anything vaguely edible, you actually need more flavour and variety. 😂We'll look at how adding something useful can sometimes create a knock-on effect across the rest of your diet — helping meals feel more satisfying, introducing more variety and making healthier choices feel like something you're gaining rather than another list of things you're not allowed to have.Because improving your nutrition doesn't have to begin with restriction, a dramatic overhaul or solemnly swearing you'll never look at a family-sized Dairy Milk again. Particularly now they've messed with it. Livid Cadbury, livid.This week's Flex This Week Challenge is simple: identify ONE thing you'd benefit from getting more of and concentrate on adding it this week.Protein? Fibre? Veg? Seeds? Water? Something completely different?Pick one. Make a plan. Add something good.And if you'd like a bit more structure and support around your fitness, you'll find dance fitness, resistance training, mobility and full workout programmes inside Flex by AMF:Check out Flex by AMFReal-life fitness for real life. 💜

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